Position in chronology
TRU 180
Not yet translated
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The world it comes from
A bureaucratic golden age, the Code of Ur-Nammu.
From the same catalogue range (near P134944)
Transliteration
1(disz) gu4 niga 7(disz) udu u2 2(disz) masz2-gal u2 1(disz) sila4 nin-dingir nin-gi4-li 1(disz) sila4 lugal-a2-zi-da szabra 1(disz) sila4 da-da dub-sar 1(disz) sila4 lu2-giri17-zal mu-kux(DU) lugal in-ta-e3-a i3-dab5 giri3 nu-ur2-suen dub-sar u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam iti ezem-an-na mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li mu-hul 1(disz) gu4 1(u) 3(disz) udu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TRU 180. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y1 — Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Institut Catholique, Paris, France (P134944) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P134944..
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